Tiny victories deliver the biggest thrills in our house

There are other mentors. God willing, we will find better ones.

I feel like Yashoda Maiyya today

When women disconnect because of emotional trauma, no four walls can contain their wandering spirits

https://www.ncsautism.org/blog/2018/12/28/a-voice-from-the-world-of-inpatient-hospitalization The above is from the website of the newly formed National Council on Severe Autism. It is an unvarnished look at how hard it is for families like mine to access hospital care for our kids with severe autism behaviors. When no one is equipped to deal with our kids. When we are dealing … Continue reading Sharing From Another Blog

Writing about autism is like pulling my soul out of my body

Self care is finding ways to occupy the world more wholly. More than just survival.

Centering our own perspectives is natural, but we can do better